Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones

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With the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, you can use the local client system's webcam or microphone on a remote desktop. Real-Time Audio-Video is compatible with standard conferencing applications and browser-based video applications, and supports standard webcams, audio USB devices, and analog audio input.

For information about setting up the Real-Time Audio-Video feature and configuring the frame rate and image resolution in a remote desktop, see the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document. For information about configuring these settings on client systems, see the VMware knowledge base article Setting Frame Rates and Resolution for Real-Time Audio-Video on Horizon View Clients, at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2053644.

If a Horizon administrator has configured the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, and if you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, a webcam that is built-in or connected to the local client computer can be used on a remote desktop. You can use the webcam in conferencing applications such as Skype, Webex, or Google Hangouts.

If you have multiple microphones on the client system, only one microphone is used on the remote desktop. You can use System Preferences on the client system to specify which microphone is the default microphone on the remote desktop.

You can configure Real-Time Audio-Video settings at the command line by using the Mac defaults system. With the defaults system, you can read, write, and delete Mac user defaults by using Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app).

With the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, if you have multiple webcams or microphones on the client system, only one webcam and one microphone can be used on the remote desktop. You specify which webcam and microphone are preferred at the command line by using the Mac defaults system.